Reichhold: Carl Sullivan has joined
the company as architectural technology
manager for Reichhold’s global coating
and performance resins business
(GCPR). Mr. Sullivan, had most recently
served at Bayer Corp. as global technical
manager,…
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Jamestown Powder Coatings: Kevin
Biller, vice president-general manager,
has recently accepted the responsibilities
of “Joe Powder.” In this new role,
he will provide information for the
company’s “Ask Joe Powder” i…
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PRA: Dip Dasgupta, PRA’s long-time
director of information, has retired
from the Teddington, UK-based
research association. Mr. Dasgupta,
who was co-organizer of the conference
held during the European
Coatings Show, had been with PRA
fo…
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Wacker Specialties: Christoph von
Plotho has been named president of
Wacker Specialties, succeeding Albert
Baehny who left the company in late
January. Dr. von Plotho had been vice
president of the performance materials
business unit at Wacker…
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Dow Corning Corp. and Wacker Chemie GmbH have announced their intent to form a joint venture in Asia. The JV would manufacture silicone intermediates and fumed silica which are used in many finished products. The companies would jointly develop manuf…
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The Lubrizol Corporation has completed the acquisition of a chemical production facility formerly owned by Specialty Industrial Products of Spartanburg, SC. The facility, which consists of two manufacturing plants covering 16 acres, is capable…
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Dock Resins Corp., a subsidiary of the Lubrizol Corporation, has changed its name to Lubrizol Dock Resins. Purchased by Lubrizol in October 2002, Dock Resins manufactures proprietary and custom polymers for a wide range of coating and specialty appli…
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RadTech International will present Driving Changes: UV/EB Processing For Automotive on Sept. 24-25 at the Radisson Toledo in Toledo, OH. The two-day event will present introductory material as well as current and future applications for UV and EB tec…
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Lyondell Chemical Company has added Acryflow A90 and P90 acrylic polyols to its resin management concept (RMc). RMc gives formulators the flexibility to create a multitude of products with only five resins, rather than dozens, according to the compan…
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Rohm and Haas has launched Ropaque Ultra-E, an organic opacifier that allows the formulation of waterborne paints at an optimum cost performance while improving paint properties such as dirt-pick-up, exterior durability, scrub resistance and resistan…
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